

Edition:
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30 unique copies
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2 non-commercial copies (not for sale), numbered I to II
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A certificate of authenticity for Susanna Fritscher’s artwork is included with the book.
INGEBORG BACHMANN
This artist’s book brings together Austrian author Ingeborg Bachmann and Franco-Austrian artist Susanna Fritscher.
Susanna Fritscher discovered Ingeborg Bachmann’s texts very early in her life. They have stayed with her and inspired her artistic approach. While the artist and the author are not contemporaries, they share the same language and the history of their homeland that has been passed down. Her aim was to produce a book that would pay tribute to Ingeborg Bachmann the poetess, of course, but also to the political thinker and philosopher she was, this aspect of her work and the woman herself still barely known in France. And that is why the collection consists mainly of political and philosophical texts.


ORIGINAL ARTWORK BY SUSANNA FRITSCHER
The bilingual edition, limited to 30 copies, the design of which was entrusted to Ruedi Baur, brings together in a single box: a work by Susanna Fritscher: Für Ingeborg Bachmann, as well as four booklets arranged on manipulable trays, each booklet corresponding to a part of the book: Poems, Lesson of Frankfurt: Questions and pseudo-questions, Journal and Postface.
A GESTURE MORE THAN AN OBJECT
More a gesture than an object, this tribute edition is made from a fine textile weave that the artist unravels to the limit of its structure and visibility. By unweaving it, she removes all constructive stability and opens it up to a fragile volatility that mingles with the air.
Susanna Fritscher pays tribute to the author and to her strength in lifting a weight so violently imposed on her by history, which she relentlessly transforms into an acute understanding of what we are made of.

Publication date: October 2023
Box size : 42,5 x 32,7 cm
Book size : 39 x 26 cm
Price : 5 000 €
AUTHORS, ARTISTS AND ARTISANS
The rare book as a living space of creation, art, and memory

ATELIER MARTIAL
For nearly 50 years, the Orchestre national de Cannes has been offering around 100 concerts per season, driven by a diverse repertoire and a strong commitment to all audiences. Based in Cannes, it makes music for film a key part of its identity. Conducted by Benjamin Levy since 2016, the orchestra was recognized as a “regional national orchestra" in 2022.

RUEDI BAUR
Graphic Designer
Since the 1980s, Ruedi Baur has developed an approach to design rooted in civic space and interdisciplinarity. Founder of the Intégral network and several international workshops, he has also created research institutes such as Design2context and CivicCity. He regularly collaborates with sociologist Vera Baur and was assisted on this project by Odyssée Khorsandian.

SUSANNA FRITSCHER
Artist
Born in Vienna in 1960, Susanna Fritscher lives in France since 1983. Her work explores the fragility of our relationship with reality through visual and sound installations. She has exhibited in various prestigious venues such as the Ginza Hermès Forum (Tokyo), the Centre Pompidou-Metz, the Louvre Abu Dhabi, and the Lyon Biennale.
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